F10 and no root login - impossible to maintain systems!

[Rahul Sundaram]

Robert Scheck wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> Never once have I felt a real need to tell people to get a root X login  
>> for any reason at all.
> 
> I'm always suggesting using a terminal rather a whole X login, but we don't
> life in a perfect world. We just have the reality being not perfect - so we
> have to deal with such things as well.

This is a argument for always retaining the status quo no matter what. I 
don't buy it. If you are encouraging using a terminal rather than a root 
X login, then you should be supporting the current default. Those who 
know, what they are doing can edit the pam configuration anyway.

Rahul